- 1649 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone" premieres in Venice (the most popular opera of the 17th century)
Music History
1866 Bedřich Smetana's first opera "Branibori v Cechach" ("The Brandenburgers in Bohemia") premieres in Prague
"Liebeslieder Walzer"
1870 Johannes Brahms' collection of lovesongs, "Liebeslieder Walzer" premieres
Premiere of "Cavalcade"
1933 "Cavalcade" based on the play by Noël Coward, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1934)
- 1946 "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances
West Point Suite
1952 Darius Milhaud's orchestral composition "West Point Suite", marking the US Military Academy's sesquicentennial, premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
"It Doesn't Matter"
1959 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"; he is killed in a plane crash 29 days later
McCartney Plays Bass
1961 The Beatles perform with Paul McCartney on bass guitar for the 1st time, at Litherland Town Hall, in Lancashire, England
- 1963 "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 719 performances
"Camelot"
1963 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Camelot", starring Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 873 performances and winning 4 Tony Awards
- 1969 "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 82 performances
"Bayou Country"
1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival release their second album "Bayou Country", featuring singles "Good Golly, Miss Molly" and "Proud Mary"
Lennon, Yoko in Denmark
1970 John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono give a press conference in Aalborg, Denmark, revealing that they were only visiting
"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."
1973 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."
- 1975 Charlie Smalls' musical "The Wiz", an updated take on "The Wizard of Oz", starring Stephanie Mills, Stu Gilliam, and Dee Dee Bridgewater, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 1672 performances, winning 7 Tony and 6 Drama Desk Awards
Sex Pistol's Final Tour
1978 Start of the Sex Pistols final tour in Atlanta, Georgia
"Oh, Kay!"
1991 Revival of George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 77 performances
- 1992 "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 496 performances
- 1992 "On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 99 performances
"The Crucible"
1992 Revival of Arthur Miller's dramatic play "The Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater, NYC, after 32 performances
- 1992 Revival of Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green's musical "Peter Pan", starring Cathy Rigby, closes at Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 48 performances
- 1997 "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC
- 1997 "Love Thy Neighbor" closes at Booth Theater NYC
- 1997 "Show Boat" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC
Kinks Member Shot in Mugging
2004 "Kinks" singer-songwriter Ray Davies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana
